Early and Medieval Chinese History
Early and Medieval Chinese History, in Chinese《早期中國史研究》, abbreviated EMCH, is a Chinese-language academic journal on the study of Ancient and Medieval China, published by the Society of Early and Medieval Chinese History, (Taipei, Taiwan). The most recent issue is vol.11 (Dec. 2019).
History
In 2009, some members of the Studies Group of Medieval Chinese History at National Taiwan University (NTU), led by Li-hsin Chao of National Chi Nan University, joined to form a new academic community. The EMCH is one of their principal endeavors.
Members of the Early and Medieval Chinese History Society include scholars from Taiwan, Mainland China, Japan, and Canada, such as, among others, Huaichen Kan, chairman of the history department at NTU, Taipei, Taiwan; Yukinobu Abe, professor at the Fine Liberal Art College, Chuuoun University, Tokyo, Japan; Albert Dien, emeritus professor, Stanford University, U.S.; Joshui Chen, Dean in the College of Fine Liberal Art, NTU, Taipei, Taiwan; and Guangda Zhang, academician, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan. The official website is designed and run by Chung-cheng Tu of National Cheng-kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
To date five volumes have been published; articles in the journal include theses, research notes, discussions, book reviews, and up-to-date information about academic activities in Taiwan, China, and Japan.
The editors-in-chief for the volumes published so far are: Zongxian Tsai of National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan (2009); Yun-jo Lin of Tunghai University, Taichung, Taiwan (2010); Li-hsin Chao of National Chi Nan University, Puli, Taiwan (2011); Zhaoyi Lee of Chaoyang University of Technology, Taichung, Taiwan (2012); An-tai Wang of National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan (2013); Wan-jun Wang of Soochow University, Suzhou, China (2014); Chung-cheng Tu of National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan (2015); and Ya-ju Cheng of the Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan (2016).
An example of the contents and authors appears below. This contents page is from the 2016 issue (Vol. 8, No.1, June 2016) of EMCH:
〔Article〕
The “Chu People" from the Late Warring States Period to the Early Western Han Dynasty Xiqi Lu
The Yan Household Inscribed in the Stele of King Gwanggaeto: A Discussion of Tomb Keeper System in Ancient East Asia Huai-Chen Kan
〔Research Notes〕
A Study of the Series of Official Posts Called “Protector” (duhu 督護) and the Liangs of Anding (安定梁氏) in the Former Liang: with a Focus on the “Liang Shu Grave Inscription” Yan Xia
A Textual Study of the Epitaph of Zhangsun Xin Chong Xu
〔Academic News〕 An Overview of British Studies in Early and Medieval Chinese History, 1996-2016 Peiying Lin, Yang Fu
Report from a Forum on the Interaction between Historical Research and Historical Drama, Historical Fiction and Public History Yun-wei Hu
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